So what actually happens when you pair two young producers together from two different countries? One would automatically assume a potential scuffle over a potential misunderstanding? Fiiiine. I’m just being dramatic – this collaboration was anything but! IMF readers I would like you to meet Billy, the 21 year old producer from The Hague, Netherlands better known as Knight One and Ben Thomas from the UK who so brilliantly produces and DJ’s under the moniker L’Étranger.

I asked Knight One about the track “A Second Time”, which highlighted L’Étranger’s unique vocals quite perfectly. After getting to know each other initially through SoundCloud, they finally had a chance to meet up after Ben visited Netherlands for a show. “The vocal feature by Ben (L’Étranger) is an interesting story which I’ll certainly never forget.” says Billy, “we stayed in touch and a couple months later we both played at the one year anniversary of ‘Paradisco’ – the event series of German trio Les Loups, in Hannover”. Fast forward a few months to an 8 bar instrumental loop being sent by Billy to Ben who took apparently 10 minutes to send back his first vocal take, “It was all very organic and unplanned in a way, which I feel music should always be.”

More importantly he feels that doing things from a personal, honest and emotive standpoint will always last the longest and resonate the most, a sentiment we all share…

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Lior Phillips

Lior Phillips doesn’t particularly like pie, but seems to dabble in many with growing fears of actually becoming one, some day. Based in Cape Town, South Africa she is a Freelance Wardrobe Stylist & Writer with a firm base in Brand Consulting. There are so many other-wordly bands out there she so often feels it unfair to have only been granted one set of ears. A stickler for detail and a lover of all things that are drastically oversized or undersized (E.G XXL mugs & travel size toiletries) her fixation with fantasy/sci-fi novels live on the same trajectory as her fixation with the world of music – both move and whirl vividly in her imagination; a fitting and introspective backdrop.